Download - Rainforest Activity Packet
-
7/30/2019 Rainforest Activity Packet
1/15
Page2
Supermarket Adventure
Part 1: While exploring your local Supermarket (or your own cupboards), make a list below of products
you find containing palm oil.
____________________ ____________________ ____________________
____________________ ____________________ ____________________
____________________ ____________________ ____________________
____________________ ____________________ ____________________
____________________ ____________________ ____________________
____________________ ____________________ ____________________
____________________ ____________________ ____________________
____________________ ____________________ ____________________
Part 2: ^ products
from companies that have shown commitments to sustainable palm oil.
____________________ ____________________ ____________________
____________________ ____________________ ____________________
____________________ ____________________ ____________________
____________________ ____________________ ____________________
____________________ ____________________ ____________________
____________________ ____________________ ____________________
____________________ ____________________ ____________________
____________________ ____________________ ____________________
Circle any products that are found in both Part 1 and Part 2.
Part 3: From the list above, pick companies that you would like to thank by
>'
D them to the Philadelphia
Zoo along with your puzzle piece (page 14 of the Activity Packet).
Palm Oil
Alternate Names
Foods Non-Food
Cocoa butter
equivalent
Cocoa butter
substitute
Palm olein
Palm stearine
Palm kernel oil
Palmitate
Sodium laure
sulphate
Ammonium
laurel sulpha
Saponified e
guineenis
Ethylene glyc
monostearat
Ethylhexyl
palmitate
Fatty alcoho
sulphates
Glyceryl stea
Isopropyl
palmitate
Or any product with a W
Companies Committed
Sustainable Palm Oil
Archer Daniels
Midland
CompanyAvon Products
Colgate-
Palmolive
ConAgra Foods
General Mills
H.J.Heinz
Company
Henkel
Interbake Foods
Johnson &
Johnson
:E
Butter
Kellog Inc.
Kraft FoodsLindt and
Sprngli
>K
Mars
D
Nestl
P&G (Procto
Gamble)PepsiCo Inc.
S.C.Johnson
Son, Inc.
Seventh
Generation
Stratas Food
The Body Sho
The Hershey
Company
The Sun
Products Co.
Twincraft So
Unilever
United Biscu
US Food GroVentura Food
Walmart (privlabels only)
WhiteWave
Foods Co.
*This list is not complete and subject to
change. Consult the RSPO website.
http://www.rspo.org/en/
-
7/30/2019 Rainforest Activity Packet
2/15
Page
1
This packet will help you through your journey to earning a Rainforest Hero Badge. Use the information
packet as a guide on what to complete in this packet. Good luck and have fun!
Glossary: Some words to know.
Arboreal: An animal which lives in the trees. Most rainforest animals are arboreal.
Biodiversity: The number of species that live in one place. Rainforests have high biodiversity.
Canopy: The area in the forest which includes the tops of most trees. Many climbing animals live here.
Cloud Forest: A type of rainforest found on high mountainsides. It is usually misty, cooler, and foggy.
Decompose: The process where a dead living thing breaks down, usually into soil and nutrients.
Ecosystem: The interactions of all living things in an area.
Emergents: The very tallest trees in the forest, usually towering above most others.
Endangered: A species in threat of extinction.
Equator: The imaginary circle around the Earth lying exactly between the north and south poles.
Extinct: A species where every last individual has disappeared. Extinction is permanent.
Forest Floor: The ground in the forest. Very little light reaches here because of the thick canopy above.
Habitat: A place where all the things a species needs to live (food, water, shelter, and space) is found.
Humid: Damp air with a lot of water in it. Rainforests are very humid.
Jungle: Rainforest that is very thick with vines and shrubs. This usually happens after canopy trees are
removed or fall down, allowing sunlight to reach the forest floor.
Rainfall: A type of precipiation where water droplets fall from clouds. Areas of high rain create
rainforests, allowing trees to grow and plants to flourish for animals to use.
Tropics: The area surrounding the equator. Temperatures are usually very warm and daylength is
about the same all year.
Understory: The area in the forest between the canopy and forest floor made up of tree
trunks, vines, and shrubs.
-
7/30/2019 Rainforest Activity Packet
3/15
Page3
What makes a Rainforest?
Rainforests need two things: rain and trees. There are both temperate and tropicalrainforests. In this
badge, we will focus on tropical rainforests, the more famous of the two.
The temperature of a tropical rainforest must stay above an average 64F every day, but most are much
d
They lie in the
tropics, the area around the Ea
The rainforest must also get at least 66 inches of rain in a year. Use the ruler below to draw lines across
the page marking heights listed in the table below. Compare it to the height of the objects and animals.
Location Yearly Rainfall
(in inches)
Minimum for a Rainforest 66
Average for a Rainforest 78
Amazon Rainforest 390
Average for a Desert 4
Philadelphia Zoo 41
Your town: ______________ ____
Use an internet search on your local weather service.
450
425
400
375
350
325
300
275
250
225
200
175
150
125
100
75
50
25
Inches
Pigeons stand
5 inches tall
Humans stand
around 65 inches tall
Male giraffes can stand
240 inches tall
A three-story house is
around 430 inches tall
Philadelphia Zoo
-
7/30/2019 Rainforest Activity Packet
4/15
Page4
Rainforest Layers
Look at the layers of the rainforest below. Different animals are found in the different layers.
Draw a line from the animal to where it most likes to live in the forest!
Emergent Layer
Canopy
Understory
Forest floor
Orangutan
Scarlet
Macaw
Red-footedTortoise
Rodrigues
Fruit Bat
Asian
Elephant
Black Spider
Monkey
Ocelot
Red-eyed Tree
Frog
Golden Silk
Spider
Okapi
ForestFloor:AsianElephant,Red-footedTortoise,Okapi
Understory:GoldenSilkSpider,Ocelot,Red-eyedTreeFrog
Canopy:Orangutan,BlackSpiderMonkey
EmergentLayer:^DZ
&
Animals that walk only on the
ground.
go too far off the ground.
Animals that climb high, usually
looking for fruit.
Animals that live in the tallest
trees, usually flying there.
-
7/30/2019 Rainforest Activity Packet
5/15
-
7/30/2019 Rainforest Activity Packet
6/15
Page6
tZ
Unscramble some of their names below, and then use the numbered letters to form a major reason for saving
rainforests!
Ages 8+
-
7/30/2019 Rainforest Activity Packet
7/15
Page7
Split up the Banana Split
Did you know that your ice cream sundae might have almost a dozen ingredients from the rainforest?
Put the letters below in the boxes next to the picture of the rainforest ingredient!
A. Banana B. Sugar Cane C. Vanilla Bean
D. Cashew Nut E. Cocoa Bean
Ages 5-8
-
7/30/2019 Rainforest Activity Packet
8/15
-
7/30/2019 Rainforest Activity Packet
9/15
Page9
Rainforest Field Guide
Tropical rainforests are widespread throughout the world. The map below shows where they can be found.
Match the number to the name of the rainforest below.
___ Amazon Rainforest ___ West African Rainforest ___ Central American Rainforest
___ Australasian Rainforest ___ Indian Subcontinent ___ Madagascan Rainforest
___ The Congo ___ Southeast Asian Rainforest
Even though they cover only about 5% of the Earth, they are believed to have up to 75% of all living things!
Countless kinds of flowers, trees, mammals, insects, fungi, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and bacteria all make therainforest their home. This is called biodiversity.
On the following pages, research some species from the rainforest. Orangutan has been done as an example.
Four more species from Indonesia have been suggested, and the rest are left to you! Choose animals that you
are interested in, are very endangered, or that you just like!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7 8
-
7/30/2019 Rainforest Activity Packet
10/15
Page10
Orangutan
From: Sumatra and Borneo
Facts:
The largest animal in the world that lives in trees!
They are strong and smart. They are apes, like gorillas and
chimpanzees.
Food: Home in the Forest:
Status: Critically Endangered
Rhinoceros Hornbill
From:
Facts:
Food: Home in the Forest:
Status:
Fruit
Draw me:
-
7/30/2019 Rainforest Activity Packet
11/15
Page11
Clouded Leopard
From:
Facts:
Food: Home in the Forest:
Status:
Sumatran Rhino
From:
Facts:
Food: Home in the Forest:
Status:
Draw me: Draw me:
-
7/30/2019 Rainforest Activity Packet
12/15
Page12
Green Tree Python
From:
Facts:
Food: Home in the Forest:
Status:
____________________
From:
Facts:
Food: Home in the Forest:
Status:
Draw me: Draw me:
-
7/30/2019 Rainforest Activity Packet
13/15
Page13
Leaves of
Gratitude
-
7/30/2019 Rainforest Activity Packet
14/15
Page14
Rainforest Puzzle Piece
On the puzzle piece above, please write, draw, or collage a personal message about why you want to save
rainforests. Be creative! Your piece may be featured at the Philadelphia Zoo.
When complete, please mail to:
Philadelphia Zoo
c/o Overnights and Scouts
3400 West Girard Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-1196
Name:
Age:
Troop or Pack:
Hometown:
Up
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected] -
7/30/2019 Rainforest Activity Packet
15/15
Page15